My New Tesla Model 3 RWD Needed Some Minor Service!
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In this video, I discuss the issues I am having with my new Model 3. I also discuss the latest Federal Tax credit now available on the Model 3 LR.
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I can't believe Tesla is still having build quality issues on so many cars! It's truly unacceptable!
I can't believe consumers are still buying cars with build quality issues on so many Teslas. Its truly unacceptable. Wonder what consumers can do?
That’s my top reason for not buying one.
@Crazypostman There's a correlation between Tesla's poor quality control and their high profit margins.
Wow! My wife bought new Model 3 2024 and have had zero issue. None at all. Runs beautifully.
Yeah, cause no other car maker has issues…😂
I have a M3 long range. Got it may 5. This is my first EV and I just did a week long road trip from Long Island to Michigan then all over Michigan and back, 2100 miles total. I found the trip an incredibly civilized way to road trip. Stopping for 15 or 20 mins or even longer at some stops is not an issue. After 2 to 3 hours driving between stops I needed to get out and stretch my legs and bathroom break and at some even close my eyes. I never felt like I was waiting for the car to finish. She always said she was ready to go before I was. So yes it seems like I got the not so great battery and paid the highest price (I have white on white and 18 inch wheels), I completely love this car and am very very happy with my Helen Wheels. The average for this trip was 227Wh/mile
Yep that’s exactly what’s happening with my new M3LR I picked up 2 weeks ago with the armrest just not as loud Tesla’s replacing it
Buc’ee the perfect name for your new M3 Dave. With those noises, that car may make you a little nutty. Have a great vacation.
Dave tomorrow: Telsa can't fix all my issues so now I'm getting the M3 Long Range. 😅
I have had my new Model 3 RWD in the UK for just over 2 months and am loving the car. 5 miles per kWh equivalent for many of my journies. Thankfully no rattles with mine!
I ordered a Dual Motor with white interior on 1/11/24,got tired of waiting and settled on a RWD that was great but had a Black interior. The first day the Performance hit the market I ordered one with white interior and on 6/11 I traded in my RWD that they gave me 34.5k for and with the tax credit never looked back. Loved your video in the showroom with the Performance and your wife was EXACTELY right , the Stealth Gray w/ white interior is stunning!
Should’ve just kept that Model X
No need for an international driver license . I drive all over Europe with my Nevada license. And yes, I was at D-Day 80th anniversary in Normandy. It was fantastic. I drove there with my mom s Mercedes, and my Peugeot vintage 1990s road bicycle, which saved me 3 times, getting to places where the road was closed or completely clogged. I can t wait for your D-Day coverage : )
Hi Dave, you should buy a Bucky at Buc-ees and replace your Paddington Bear with it for your new Model 3. 😊
Hey Dave, glad you enjoy the car despite the issues! Im actually going on a cruise out of Southampton soon as well! What are the odds. Maybe Ill see you at the port. Keep up the great videos and enjoy your vacation!
This is a great reason to test drive vehicles before you buy. I could never buy a car online and not drive it first.
Tesla does not all you to test drive the car your actually buying until you pay for and accept the car but at that point it’s yours good or bad. Sucks
Not sure what you mean. Even though I test drove other non EV cars, the new car I actually bought was not the same one I test drove. I didn't test my Lexus eitiher. So they could still have issues upon delivery, unless you mean buying used. The real issue is Tesla has no QC!
What do you think about the audio/speaker system? How much worse is it than the LR?
Hello Dave, please note that it has been found that charging LFP batteries to 100% even once a week actually hurts it more than previously believed. So every day could hurt it significantly. I believe Tesla is now asking that you charge the LFP pack to around 85% unless you're going on a road trip, or a long drive the next day.
Taking that into consideration, the long range has a significantly longer range.
Driving in France is an absolute joy. Charging infrastructure is excellent. I do a road trip with an iPace from London to spain 3 times a year. No worries at all.
You don’t need an international driver license either for France.
Hi friend
In road trip, your LFP battery will charge fast only until 80% even if is recommended to charge to 100% , then slow down just like the rest of the batteries on the other Tesla models to reach the full 270 miles.
So either way long range is going to be a better road tripper charging fast to 80% for the same available range of 270 miles.
Thanks for sharing your findings , like your videos 😉👍🏼 from Connecticut F150 Lightning owner.
A few things I was thinking about with the LFP vs the Long Range AWD Panasonic.
1. LR charges faster (250kw vs 175), and because it slows down towards the end, you can reach 80% faster than the LFP can get 100%. i.e. 10% to 100% LFP versus 10% to 80%, you will get there faster with the LR.
2. You lose regen braking above 80% SOC. That means since you're charging to 100% a lot in the LFP, you lose regen braking much more than the LR, because most of the time LR will be 80% or below.
3. LR will have more miles available at the end of its life than the LFP has brand new. Say the battery in the LR degrades 10% after 100k miles, you still will have 307 miles at 100%. So that when you do get the heavy degradation, you can charge past 80% regularly to make up the losses and still be ahead of the LFP.
Also, the RWD Long Range is available with up to 363 miles on the Panasonic pack. I see that as a better option than the LR AWD, although you lose the better speaker system. Right now I am considering the RWD LR and the AWD LR, and think I want to stick with the AWD being around snow during the winter.
Any excuse to visit that diner in MT Kisco ,yeah we know 😅.Enjoy Normandy .D Day commemorations always a moving experience to watch
I have a Sep-21 LFP RWD model 3 and I've lost 6% of battery at 30,000 miles, however I follow a similar car on TeslaFi that has done 195,000 miles and has also lost 6% of battery. I recon that the LFP battery is the one to go for if you want to keep the car and do high mileage. In fact, it is only calendar aging that is degrading the battery and not the number of miles driven or number of supercharger charges you do...
That’s bad 😮 but I love buc ee
FYI: Not a good idea placing your "HUD" card in the phone place. the wireless charging can affect the electronics of the "HUD" card
Bought my 23 rwd out 20k miles went to try and but a model Y finance deal was there and it most over 15k from what I paid. That was just too much.
Dave, Cycle testing of LFP cells in labs results in about 3x the cycle life of NCM and NCA cells. However packs may fail due to corrosion, water intrusion, contactor failure, circuit board failure, etc. If none of those get your pack, and you don’t drive a lot of miles per year, calendar life may run out before cycle life.
Southampton is a great city. Enjoy your cruise Dave and Kathy!
That’s a real pain in the ass driving from Norwalk to mt kisco every time you need service. At least an hour each way. If you have an aversion to sounds, I would have taken a long test drive before I signed on the dotted line. Especially given Tesla build quality and the fact that this is a new model.
What about going to Milford for service?
@@Melissaldickson I95 is a hell hole of a road. It could easily be an hour to Milford too with daily construction or traffic. Sometimes it takes 1 hour to go from Norwalk to Stamford. I would never buy a car that didn’t have a local dealer.
@@mongo64071 I get it. One definitely has to gauge the time of day they want to deal with the traffic/roadwork. I'm 20 minutes on 95 from Milford which is manageable.
There’s a ball bearing Loose for sure!!! (But it’s not in the steering wheel) 😂😂😂
My Tesla 3HL RWD has the same squeaky armrest plus driver’s seat also makes some noises on bumpy roads. I’ve had the car since December 23 and it’s from Giga Shanghai.
So true, if you want it, get and don't look back
Interesting discussion about used Teslas and trade ins. Excellent explanation about the different battery configurations.
Thanks for the videos Dave and good to know some of the things to look for when I'm picking up our new Model 3 RWD tomorrow. I live in Europe (Denmark) so our Model 3 is from the Shanghai factory. I'm not sure if that makes any difference but I think I read somewhere that Giga Shanghai is supposed to make the cars with fewest quality issues (at least at the time of writing but that was last year so things could have changed).
Btw. we currently don't get offered the cheap financing here but I got 5.000 km of free supercharging instead and the prices have never been lower than they currently are. However, the current prices might not last since the EU has just increased tariffs on EVs from China (including Teslas from Giga Shanghai) so Model 3 prices here are expected to increase from July 1st. I know that a new car is always going to be a depreciating asset and that something better is certain to come along in the future but compared to most people who bought a Tesla in recent years I think my timing might actually be pretty good for this reason.
While M3 Standard Range is a great car especially for its price, Long Range is a great upgrade still with 4 major changes: total range, AWD, acceleration (4.2 0-60) and premium sound system. All those are things that most people would care and pick LR even without tax benefits.
Bills by the singing bridge! I used to love that place when I lived in Connecticut now live in Sarasota county Florida
From my understanding, the long range is better for shorter charging times. It would take much longer at a super charger to charge the RWD to 100% than the LR to charge to 80% to get the same range of miles...that's one advantage of the LR model 3.
After two teslas, I moved on to a Kia EV9. I got tired of the constant service appointments to fix build quality issues with Tesla.
If you ever want to check it out, I'm in Norwalk daily.
Our Tesla model long range has been perfect. Not a single issue.
@elainebradley8213 Awesome! I truly hope you enjoy it! I wish my experience was different, unfortunately.
@@elainebradley8213same, no problems.
@@Testarossa2013which year did you own?
@@MeezyPeezy 21 MYLR and 23 M3SR
Agree 100% with @dbarn5324 in saying "I was going to wait and buy the 2024 but after seeing all these issues I'm glad I bought the 23." It's definitely not advisable to buy or lease any Tesla vehicles, manufactured after their recent morale-degrading mass/continuous layoffs, for a certain period of time. Oh one more thing: I test drove the 2024 M3 RWD on February 9, 2024 accompanied by a Tesla rep. Thought the POS (Not Point of Sale lol) was going to roll over when I did a quick left/right maneuver (similar to a race car warming up its tires) at only 40-ish MPH on a straight/level roadway near Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Only issue in our '23 was water in one taillight (it was replaced). That is over a year now.
how did all this pass the testing and quality control?
What quality control? 😂
Exactly. Elon is whipping them to build em and sell em. Fuck QC and testing. What's testing? It's a car. It drives. Sell the thing!!
UA-cam censoring is next level. Elon must be paying nicely.
I have watched your videos Dave and I know about the LFP etc. but the standard range does not come with AWD and the better sound system and the warranty is better.
You would think they would have a QC department that could test every car rolling off the line of the most known quality issues.
Do Bucees have electric charging stations?..I travel a lot on i-10 in Florida & have never seen electric charging at Bucees
Every Bucees I’ve been to in Texas has the Tesla Superchargers
No question. Your new vehicle was out of spec upon delivery.
Indeed, now we know where "Out of Spec" came from.
A beautiful car Dave! Congratulations!
My 2024 M3LR steering buttons randomly stopping working, zero clicking, the clicking disappears. Tesla said just wait for a firmware update. It's been 3 months and it's a safety issue as well.
Dave, you have that giant iPhone blocking your view on the dash. Why not get a 3rd GoPro with the front facing screen on it. It should give you better quality than the iPhone.
My neighbor bought an early 2018 Model 3 LR. He paid $10k more than today's price, it didn't come with HW3 so no possibility of FSD and there were no incentives at the time (today -$12k in my area). He's still really upset over it even after 6 years.
I didn't realize the older models without HW3 could not get FSD. I know someone with a 2019 that has it, but didn't realize the older 2018s weren't capable.
Hope your coming over early to visit England pre cruise.
As a Tesla shareholder I am concerned about shipping out crappy cars. It's like they are following ford and gm path to ruin. I get angry when I hear service center doesn't understand 3 year 36k warranty and what it means.
26:25 OOS Dave is the last guy who should care how long his battery pack is going to last, the way he flips cars.
Yeah, he switches to a new car as soon as he runs out of windshield wiper fluid.
he sure does love having bush league techs ripping into his brand new car
LFP also lasts way longer - hundreds of thousands further... which is great and barely mentioned!
Don't Tesla do quality check before delivering the car? It's all about fast delivery and maximise profit.
Should've gotten a 330e xDrive Plug in Hybrid or i4
I would just return it you went from one problem with the wing doors and now you have a squeaky car what's not go was GV60 like that
What do you think of the new Equinox ev? It looks really nice.
dang he spent 10k to drive the model x for a few months. That’s an expensive rental.
My 2020 Toyota Camry XLS Hybrid has had the console armrest replaced 3 times and it's still squeaking. Their solution, don't bring it back we're not replacing it again.
Wonder if the older interior was built with higher priced materials even tho the new one looks better.
One obvious material that was more expensive in the old one was the Alcantara on the doors. This material is only available in the Long Range now, and the RWD now has a cheaper fabric on the doors.
Are you sure you need an international license for France? I've used a NC license in the Republic of Ireland and The UK (Northern Ireland). Both in the EU at the time.
What will be the Hit to the value of that $120K Cybertruck when they start selling New for $75K?? I Leased (27mo @ $327) an AWD Plus Polestar 2, which will be here in early July. My current '22 Bolt EUV is the last EV I'll probably buy for the foreseeable future. But of course, given their terms, I would NEVER sign a Tesla Lease...
Only two things in life that are fair, a state fair and a county fair! I’m super happy with the 2024 model 3 rear wheel drive that I bought last Saturday before this rebate news and it’s all good. Quality is great!! Zero noise, lots of cars over the years this is my favorite so far by far!!
The arm rest issue is usually in EVERY new car...its annoying!!!
Ironically, my Mazda CX-9 has that same problem, but my Model 3 does not.
Those Hertz $21,000 units might look good now
Dave I heard even if you don't qualify, they said the IRS is not going to be checking if you do or not if you take the 7500 off at delivery.
I would not count on that!
Good luck with that! LOL
You should do some vlogs on your cruise
I love your down-to-earth videos! I'm planning on test driving the new Model 3 and hoping that I don't find it too low to the ground to get in and out of the car comfortably.
I'm 6' and find it difficult to get in. I do have a bad back, I bought a Y, and have no issues.
The range comparison between the long range 4WD and the standard range RWD basically misses the point. The 272 mile range in day to day usage is more than enough, especially if, like me, you're charging up at home. You still have the option of charging to 100% when starting out on a longer range road trip. For me, personally, the deal killer for the RWD is the Chinese batteries.
LFP batteries have a history of lasting longer from being used with solar set ups
Love teslas I have one. But the build quality between my Tesla and my iX is night and day
Buc-ee is the ugliest name I've ever heard for a car...I love it 😂
Tesla has to start making LFP in the US so it can grab these tax credits. The sooner the better.
I still don't get it why sell Model X to replace with Model 3 ??
There is a bigger plan
never buy the first year model.. and yea dont wash the side panels, because the led stripe is coming loose too.
Why aren't you using FSD?
This is a stupid comment Dave
I'd trade this car in for the long range.
Lol, you are constantly reminding us your combined income is more than $300k per year. Good for you.
To be fair, everyone kept commenting on the last video that he missed out on the credit by not getting the LR. So I get it.
I think you need to sell or trade the Tesla m3 if those little thing a annoy you. I wouldn’t be able to live those things. Get a Lexus or something.
comparison is the thief of joy
I wish I could afford to change underwear as often as you change cars.
Agreed. Nice guy, but the channel smacks of elitism.
We were one of the unfortunate ones that bought a '23 MXLR that dropped $20,000 CAN in price the day after we picked it up.
Wow those are awful, I would request a brand new car
Why didn't you just pop off the airbag module? You know how to do this, you saw the guy do it when you put in the yoke
Just keep giving Tesla more of your money. Everyone else on the planet calls this "no quality control whatsoever" whether it's at the factory or at the distribution facility. Oh, NO WORRIES -- I'm sure EVERYTHING ELSE IS PERFECT. Good freaking grief. Just keep giving Tesla more of your money. "Just keep hoping that the wheels won't fall off."
Just about every arm rest makes that noise…
If little noises drive you crazy a Tesla is the last car you should ever buy 😆
Misophonia eh, sounds like you need a Rx for a Lexus ;)
Misophonia it’s also called picky assaphobia. Lol
Dave like his son can and talk endlessly. he was at six minutes in the video where he ended the discussion about what was wrong and then he continue talking for 20 more minutes
You should try selling it private. Maybe you get 4k less
issues for some no issue for ohers. :)
RWD that’s why should have gotten a long range especially the 7500$ off it’s a no brainer or better LR RWD!!!!
Dave, you must be losing major money on all of these transactions. It only took Elon to lower the prices once for me to decide never to buy another Tesla. I may lease one, but will never buy another one.
👍👍😎✌️🤟
It seems like a roll if the dice when you buy a new Tesla. Some people just get lucky and have no interior creaks and rattles or your screwed with just bad assembly! Tesla needs to crack down on their quality and fire those employees that are responsible for this terrible quality! Just lazy workers that dont give a shit about quality and have shoddy work. Totally unacceptable quality!
This is part of the standard Tesla buying Experience. Funny how all Tesla fanatics accept it as normal
I don't know about accepting it as normal. More like putting up with it because the cars are so good in other ways. Like everything in life, it's a tradeoff. Some other manufacturers have better build quality, but crappy software or some other issues. Everyone has their own priorities and preferences.
For a new car, that's a disgrace. Tesla build quality is absolutely awful.
I think that is probably because it came from Fremont. Also other car manufactures are reducing their build quality.
It's Fremont build quality, not Tesla build quality.
Fremont model y’s have improved a lot and my yp has been flawless. Even better then an Austin build I’ve come across. They have only been making the refresh in Fremont for a couple of months. So give it some time and they will get better.
They don't care about the consumer satisfaction, built quality, etc. They just want as many of their vehicles on the road as possible to collect data for them. Frightening that these cars collect so much data from us.
@ravd883
Don't be a Drama Queen
(I don't suppose "rav" relates to "Rav 4"?.... Upset about the global sales perhaps?)
this is the reason I can’t buy a Tesla, I’m waiting to get a used Mercedes EV or and Audi EV with better quality, service, range, hp, and yes technology and importantly more models to choose from in the next few years. Go big or go home Elon get your sh:t together and put out a quality EV.
this car will be gone soon lol
Typical Tesla quality control. Non-existent!
looks like you found the new fart button on the center counsel lol
😂
Dave you are such a great conversationalist. I could listen to you talk about Tesla all day! I'm new to the Tesla family and purchased an Ultra Red RWD Model 3 and I absolutely love my car. Love the content! 🚗🙌
I woild not buy a RWD in northern states. AWD are so mich safer during winter months.
Actually not. Tires have a far greater impact on safety than AWD.
Time to TRADE in…